Buenos Aires vs Gaborone - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Buenos Aires	Gaborone
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1207	$731
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2929	$1792
🏠 One person rent	$536	$272
🏘️ Family rent	$930	$439
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.6	$66.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$799	$437
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	79	39
😀 Quality of life	77	60
🏙️ Population	3.12M	236K

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 65% more expensive than in Gaborone. Cities ranked 4761st and 7094th ($1207 vs $731) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Argentina and Botswana, respectively. Check Argentina vs Botswana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.6 months in Gaborone. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Gaborone ranked 1st in Botswana, while ranked 1226th and 5910th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/buenos-aires/gaborone.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Buenos Aires vs Gaborone infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/buenos-aires/gaborone" target="_blank">Buenos Aires vs Gaborone - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Buenos Aires vs Gaborone

Prices for goods and services in Buenos Aires and Gaborone are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Buenos Aires	Gaborone
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.2	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.9	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$6.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.81	$2.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.97	$2.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.11	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$578	$257
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$396	$157
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$462
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$723	$286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.6	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$66.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$52
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	41.08%	9.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2734	$1146
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2026	$1146
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.7	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.9	$31.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.58	$20.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.51
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.02	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.43	$2.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$7.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$5.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$5.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.72
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.73	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.91	$4.54
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$1.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.64	$3.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.71	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$5.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$0.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$3.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.8	$35.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.96	$6.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$18.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$4.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$47
👟 Brand Sneakers	$122	$77.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$147
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6078	$2881

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$815
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$938
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$747
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$918
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$1017
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$901
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$1021
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$653
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$863
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$1055
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$1062
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$587
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$1050
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$1034
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$903
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$920
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$866
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$1014
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$810
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$1055
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$905
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$1050
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$706
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$1104
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$851
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$908
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$906
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$758
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$1018
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$1028
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$927
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$947
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$904
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$1025
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$999
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$900
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$1015
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$962
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$965

Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$662
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$697
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$694
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$901
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$1017
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$628
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$950
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$826
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$791
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$1049
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$958
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$551
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$967
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$1057
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$583
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$1089
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1171
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$892
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$865
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$765
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$792
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$875
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$826
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$899
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$910
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$633
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$927
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$763
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$604
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$573
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$681
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$652
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$630
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$511
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$630
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$912
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$811
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$916
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$966
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$577